Impeovemeit in fishing-tackle



. and operated substantially as described, either "52th or without areel.

liaise @anni @firten Lemslatent No. 75,975, dated Marcil 3, 1858.-

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-TACKLB.

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fro ALL" wHoM 11T Mar 'oeNeEnNr Be it known that i, D. C. TALBOT, ofHolden, in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts,

'haveinvented'new andn'seiul .improvements in Fisl1ing-Tackle; and I dehereby declare that the following is a.

fuli, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothersskilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of' thisspecification.

This invention relates to 'new and useful improvements in tackle forcatching fish, whereby the line may be set and notice given when a. Sshhas taken the hook, and it consists in so arranging the apparatusthat itmay be used in either winter or summer, and'in connecting the line witha signal-lag and weight, in the manner' hereinafter describedv Figure 1is a longitudinal view or the apparatus, showing it as set for the fish,and also as when sprung and the signal-dag raised. y

Figure 2 shows a modification of the same, which may be used without areel, with the line Connected with the pole in aA manner different fromthe other.

' Figure 3 is a viemof adetaehable reely Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding par-ts. A. represents 'the pole; B B is thellag-stal`, which is pivoted to the pole at n.; C is a weight on the endof tin; ilag-sta'r; D .is the signal-flag.; E s the line; F is theireel.When the apparatus is set, the ling-stai? will lie in eontactwith thepole, as seen at E.' y is a loop in the line, vshieh is'siipped over theend of the stall` l, or over' a wire on the weight, from which it ispassed through the staple t and on to the reel, (ses lig` l.) 'ihe[lag-stall', when the line isset, is held in position by a -rnallspring, z', which catches over a pin, j, on the pole, as seen inthedrawing. When a fish takes the li'ook and pulls upon the line, the undof the lagstalfis drawn down, the .spring z'slips el? from the -pin j,and the loop g slips oli' the end of .the steli` asV the weight drops,`when the lng-staf` assumes an uprightposition, as seen, giving thedesired signal. In thispositien the llille will be unwonnd from the reelby the fish running with the hook, as seen. In setting the apparatus,the pole is placed at an angle-of `about forty-live degrees, as seen inthe drawing. In winter fishing, a hole is cut in the ice, as seen at K,and the pole is supported from another hole eut in the ice, asrepresented. For summer fishing, the pole is supported from a hole boredin a plank or piece of' wood, or in any convenient manner. L (lig. 3) isa b'ail or long loop attached to the shaft of the reel, by which thereel-is connected to the pole, as seen iniig. 2. 'lhe attachinent :nadoby slipping the open end ofthe loop m under the heads ofthe screws nu.'lhe line is attached directly to the pole bythe hook seen at o. Thearrangement of the tackle otherwise is the saine as in lig. l'. Theobject is to use the taekle without the reel Awhen it desirable to doso, making the apparatus thereby lighter and cheaper. v i

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement ofthe weight C, the loop y, the spring z', and the pinj,in Combination with a signal-flag and staff and fishing-pole,substantially as described and for lthe purposes setforth.

In combination witha fishing-pole or tackle, the llagvstaffB (with theweight 0,) when attached to the pole The above specification of myinvention signed by me, this 22d day of January, 1868. D'. C. TALBOT.

Witnesses:

lF. H. DEWEY,

G. H. ALLEN.l

